Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, the Minister of State for Health, on Tuesday, debunked news about free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians. The minister disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH In Abuja. Some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, with claims that the minister had said government…
Palace of traditional ruler of Oboro Amurie kingdom in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State Eze VO Ahamefule Duruoha 1, has been razed down by the fire. The inferno destroyed the property but the monarch and his children were rescued unhurt. The Palace spokesman, Ezinwa N’Isu, Chief Sixtus Nnamdi Nsorom has however urged the public…
In what will come across as a really startling development, Kenyan police officers in Makueni County are investigating the death of a Catholic priest whose body was found lying lifeless in a local lodging at Kilala Market, Makueni, Kenya. Father Stephen Kyalo who was serving in Kako area in Makueni Parish, reportedly booked a room…
Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has said there is nothing impossible for God to do. The man of God during a sermon on Sunday, said God can pick Nigeria’s next president from his church. Oyedepo made the remark while noting that God can pick a female president from Living Faith Church. He spoke…
According to The PUNCH, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, on Sunday, decried the mass exodus of medical and dental consultants to developed countries. The association added that the exodus had caused significant disruptions to the Nigerian healthcare ecosystem. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the National President of the association, Dr Victor Makanjuola,…
A 14-year -old herder, Idris Idris, has been shot dead in Dong community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to the State Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Malam Nura Abdullahi, the deceased, was killed on Saturday evening. He said Abdullahi was attacked while rearing animal but…
The lifeless body of a baby boy was found wrapped in a plastic sheet inside a chest freezer. Neighbours living on the quiet street in Corowa, around 40 miles from Albury on the New South Wales-Victoria border in Australia, heard anguished screams of a baby at around 10pm on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Days before the…
A teacher who donated his kidney to the mother of his girlfriend has disclosed that she got married to another man a month later. Uziel Martínez from Mexico, made a series of videos recounting the sad experience. The resident of Baja California, Mexico, took to TikTok to narrate how he donated his kidney to his…
A young boy has been reportedly killed by a yet-to-be-identified Police officer over N20 sachet pure water in the Kabba area of Kogi State. Dailypost gathered on Saturday that the death of the boy led to a wide protest in Kabba town by angry youths in the area. It was further learnt that the protesters…
No less than eight countries have been eliminated from the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. They are Algeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Mauritania. The teams were eliminated from the 2021 AFCON following the conclusion of Group stage matches on Thursday night. Algeria, Sierra Leone and Mauritania were…